HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS AN ARTIST? yOUR ART, YOUR DESIRES, YOUR PASSIONS AND INSPIRATIONS…

My passion for photography started as an egoistic thing. I think we all like to collect something when we travel and experience things, or at least I do. Since I don’t like treasuring a lot of stuff, photography was the perfect solution. When I see something beautiful I want to freeze that moment and eternalize it in a picture.

My pictures are very natural, I try to catch reality or play with reality the way I see it rather than creating scenes. However sometimes I do have to recreate a scene I just saw or reflect reality in a different way. Thus my inspirations come from what catches my attention in the moment, that natural moment of beauty.

Accordingly my passion about photography is to meet people and tell stories. We are all so much more than our body and the clothes we put on. If I mange to capture that in the picture I feel at peace with my work. I recently read a quote saying “photographing in colour capture their clothes, whereas taking pictures in black and white captures the soul.” It reflects pretty much what I am trying to achieve when I work with the camera.

Humid bus painting, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy.

EXPERIENCE WITH…TOGETHER AS YOU TRIED, WHAT DID YOU LEARN OR TEACH…

For me Together was the final push I needed in order to show my work. For me it was always a scary thought to show my pictures to strangers. I think there are so many young and old creative people who keep their work for themselves all life. Which I think is a shame both for the individual and the society. Together taught me to dare. Not only do I think Together help young people to show their work but also to improve it. Spending time in a cross-cultural place stimulates the mind and gives space for new ideas.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE YOU IN THIS WORLD THROUGH YOUR ART? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GIVING TO THOSE WHO KEEP YOUR WORK?

According to me art has the purpose to touch people and open our minds. Unfortunately our world is going in a very plain and mainstream way, also the art. For example rock, blues, jazz and other moving music has been replaced by a lot of mainstream sounds. Like many others I believe that music and art can have a positive affect not only in our daily lives but also on bigger spectra.
School teaches us what ”they” want us to learn and does not give enough space for individuality or creativity. I wish for people to think less and feel more. My goal is to touch people with my photos, to create some kind of emotion by making or capturing that moment of beauty I just experienced. It could be anything from a familiar feeling of love to a desire to dream yourself away into the place where the picture was taken.